OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PLC
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Cash
£1.6M
+92.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4.5M
-5.2% vs 2024
Employees
98
-8.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.2M
-7.9% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,527,927 | £27,538,388 | £30,898,218 | £33,306,797 | £35,610,350 | +6.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,484,250 | £2,156,497 | £1,745,626 | £3,463,731 | £3,122,571 | -9.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,386,511 | £2,307,614 | £1,805,481 | £3,468,629 | £3,196,059 | -7.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,113,342 | £1,853,628 | £1,306,258 | £2,808,224 | £2,249,363 | -19.9% | |
| Cash | £869,485 | £1,044,104 | £911,112 | £820,104 | £1,580,107 | +92.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,009,879 | £6,439,254 | £5,984,605 | £8,236,558 | £7,454,826 | -9.5% | |
| Net assets | £2,578,433 | £3,582,061 | £3,288,319 | £4,796,543 | £4,545,906 | -5.2% | |
| Equity | £2,578,433 | £3,582,061 | £3,288,319 | £4,796,543 | £4,545,906 | -5.2% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 130 | 127 | 107 | 98 | -8.4% | |
| Wages | £4,596,861 | £4,649,935 | £5,426,667 | £4,376,623 | £4,359,130 | -0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £745,015 | £611,204 | £956,214 | £457,570 | £415,601 | -9.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 7.8% | 5.6% | 10.4% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 6.7% | 4.2% | 8.4% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.6% | 33.5% | 29.2% | 42.1% | 41.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.97x | 1.93x | 2.13x | |
| Interest cover | 11.97x | 92.24x | 12.68x | 15.29x | 14.67x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PLC 2002-08-01 → present
- OTTO BOCK UK LIMITED 1996-01-01 → 2002-08-01
- OTTO BOCK ORTHOPAEDIC (U.K.) LIMITED 1976-08-05 → 1996-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Gregor John | Secretary | 2009-02-23 | — | British |
| BATES, Gregor John | Director | 2009-02-23 | Jan 1969 | British |
| MCLEAN, Andrew Philip | Director | 2010-12-20 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Michael John Clement | Secretary | — | 1998-10-22 |
| VIEIRA RIBEIRO, John Alexander | Secretary | 1998-10-22 | 2009-02-23 |
| BRISTOW, David Russell | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| GOODY, Graeme | Director | 2007-03-05 | 2022-05-31 |
| NADER, Hans Georg | Director | — | 2019-03-31 |
| NADER, Max, Dr | Director | — | 1997-09-19 |
| NORTH, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| VIEIRA RIBEIRO, John Alexander | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2009-02-23 |
| WERTZ, Henricus Leonardus Johannes | Director | 2001-01-23 | 2018-01-15 |
| YATES, Philip Anthony | Director | 1996-01-04 | 2024-03-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Georg Nader | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.